European Commission - PRESS RELEASES - Press release - Eurobarometer survey shows overwhelming public support for EU role in emergency response

European Commission - PRESS RELEASES - Press release - Eurobarometer survey shows overwhelming public support for EU role in emergency response: 

The European Commission has published today the results of the Eurobarometer survey of public attitudes to the European Union's role in emergency response. 88% of respondents felt it important that the EU fund humanitarian aid activities and 90% said it was important that the EU help to coordinate the response to disasters in the EU through its civil protection role. Most EU citizens (56%) do not think their own country has sufficient means to deal with all major disasters on their own. (...)